March 2006 - Posts
I almost forgot this mornings event that took place. I got up real early to grab breakfast and attend the keynote of Bill Gates. Although Bill Gates had a little cold it still was a great keynote at the Convergence 2006 here in Dallas, TX. To see the
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Ok this post will answer lot's of my emails regarding the issue how to launch Microsoft CRM in a maximized browser instead of seeing it in a smaller sized Internet Explorer. Do as follows: 1. Open a new Internet Explorer window 2. Click the restore down
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Well in my previous post i was talking about the connector between Microsoft Dynamics CRM and Microsoft Dynamics GP. I kinda dislike the fact that when you blog and you want to be accurate you have to type those enormous long names, they sound way better
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As you might have seen on Convergence we have build a connector between Microsoft Dynamics CRM and Microsoft Dynamics GP. The connector offers datamapping options for accounts, contacts, product catologs, orders and prices. It syncs bi-directional with
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Microsoft Dynamics CRM 3.0 Professional Edition for Service Providers is available to service providers that have signed the Service Provider License Agreement (SPLA). This release is designed to enable a rich hosted Microsoft CRM experience via addtional
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I just have attended a great General CRM session here in the Dallas Convention Center presented by our Microsoft CRM General Managers that discusses the bigger and better business benefits that Microsoft CRM 3.0 customers like Volvo, United Way and Pfizer
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Today I suddenly got suprised with congratulations...I was like why, what did I do? It seems that Mr. Robert Scoble likes my name..he mentioned my "Blogname" and blogitem about RSS on his blog: http://scobleizer.wordpress.com/2006/03/25/a-bunch-of-stuff/
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Well I had my first shift today as an Expofloater at the CRM booths. I was there from 12:00 till 3:00 and had some interesting conversations with partners and customers. I will be posting things about that onhere as an item. The next days you will find
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Live and direct form the Convention Center in Dallas, Texas it is the MS CRM Freak reporting. It officially started some minutes ago and we are expecting 7000 attendees. What can you expect for Microsoft CRM 3.0: - 2 General Sessions - 6 Hands on Labs
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I am attending the Convergence 2006 in Dallas, Texas and had a great dinner last night at Y.O Ranch Steakhouse . When I came to my hotel and wanted to reach for phone in my pocket I noticed it wasn't there and I completly freaked out. I had no idea my
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Here it is...RSS for MS CRM Announcing the release of sample code that allows you to use RSS, a protocol for delivery of information over the Internet, to easily access Microsoft CRM data! Microsoft CRM provides a secure, central data collection, storage,
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The word of today: Spring Just to get into the mood...sunny days are comming. I know some parts of the world e.g. Seasons Temperate Spring Summer Autumn Winter Tropical Dry season Wet season Minneapolis are still covered in a LOT of snow, but look at
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I have posted the Microsoft Help update before, but i saw this great email again from a co-worker and i had to post it onhere just as a reminder that we’re listening to our partners and customers…so get your online help update today. Did you know that
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I have many questions and emails regarding ABP. So what is ABP, well ABP stands for Address Book Provider. This integrates with your normall address book in Outlook. It will sync Queues / Users, Leads, Accounts, contacts and Facilities/Equipment. Sometimes
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I got this great email and wanted to share it with the you guys outhere. Below you see a table which shows all the mappings between Microsoft CRM and Outlook. The mapping is hardcoded and can't be changed. Field in Outlook Field in CRM Task Body description
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I see a lot of blogs appearing around Microsoft CRM 3.0 which is a really cool thing I must say. There is a little disadvantage of having such a large amount of blogs spread out all over the world. It is resulting in some incorrect, incomplete, or misinterpreted
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You have installed Microsoft CRM 3.0 on your server and either used the default settings during setup or you have created a website manually with, for example, portnumber 5555. At one time you might want to change this and wondering how you should do
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Originally positioned as a small company application, Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) Dynamics CRM is clearly gunning for the enterprise with its latest release, rolled out in December. The company announced Tuesday that it has made additional inroads into that
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Kind of late but here is the update for the helpfiles being used for Microsoft CRM 3.0 Prof or SBS It are the same files, because technically both versions dont differ frome achother, except for licensing issues. You can download it at this site: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=309129a8-9a6b-478a-87c8-fd7e7e1e6486&displaylang=en
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The word of today: Acronym This word caused a big discussion yesterday in my comments. So today i thought i will post the complete and correct definition of acronym. Main Entry: ac·ro·nym Pronunciation: 'a-kr&-"nim Function: noun Etymology: acr- +
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The word (yes AN acronym) for today is:RSS RSS (RDF Site Summary - formerly called Rich Site Summary or Really Simple Syndication) is a method of describing news or other Web content that is available for "feeding" (distribution or syndication) from an
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It might be a slow post, I saw it got available yesterday but hey better late then never! I have seen a lot of people downloading the HOL's of John Straumann . But now we have something that is even more exiting. We have Microsoft CRM 3.0 webparts. The
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I have been receiving a lot of emails and questions how you could add extra attributes when you convert a lead to an account or just how to map attributes in general. Below i typed out some steps to realize mappings in Microsoft CRM 3.0 Entity Mapping
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Microsoft launched the Origami today. It is an UMPC device and this means Ultra-Mobile PC What Is the Ultra-Mobile PC? The Ultra-Mobile PC is a new kind of computer. It combines the power of Windows XP with mobile-ready technologies that make it easy
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Well I am as curious as you all outhere. I happend to read eweek.com today and they had screenshots and some ideas of what might be an Origami. I was so free to copy one and show it here. if this is an Origami.... I WANT ONE NOW!!!!!!!! :)
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Because sleep needs differ from person to person and even year to year, there is no "correct" amount of sleep. In general, most people need between 7 to 9 hours of restful sleep in order to feel their best the next day, but some people do fine on 4 or
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Always wanted to know how you can do sales on the road? In other words working at the time and place when you want to work? Keep your managers happy and start using the Microsoft CRM 3.0 laptop Client for Outlook. If you want to read more about this i
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FEATURE OF THE MONTH - Custom Entities - Why is this feature cool? Custom entities can be added to Microsoft CRM version 3.0. You can determine if that entity will appear in Outlook when offline. You can associate Notes and Activities. You can choose
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Before everybody is going to scream and shout at me (Ben? LOL) I want to let you all know that I got this idea of Melissa which is a co-worker. I have asked if I was allowed to share the wonderfull feature of the day's with you guys outthere. She agreed
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Ok I have seen some statistic info about my blog. It seems that I have managed to create a well viewed blog with items that a lot of people like. I want to be the best read Microsoft CRM 3.0 blog. I specifically want to beat 1 blog, he knows who i mean
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Many people have asked me if i could tell them the diffferences between the Webclient and the Outlook Client(s). Well i know i was able to do this but i did not have time to document this or just plain lazy. One of my coworkers actually had time and made
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Ok a great article about why Microsoft CRM 3.0 can save you money. See the full story at the Microsoft.com website. Eventhough the website is talking about the Small Bussiness Segment i know for a fact that a lot of these reasons are applicable to any
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I want to post this for all people that don't read the IG, whitepapers etc and still ask questions about the Microsoft CRM-Exchange E-mail Router. Why does everybody think the router is needed to "archive" email at an account or contact? I copied this
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I almost forgot but when I read the blog of Philip Richardson , a program manager of Microsoft CRM, it got all back to me! I am attending and doing some work at the 10th annual Convergence 2006 which is hosted in Dallas, Texas, USA, on Saturday, March
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Since I posted my item on the DMF 3.0 this morning I seem to get alot of questions on this and I thought it's easier to answer it on my blog describing what is in the package then individually answer each question about whats in- or not in the package.
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This appeared in my inbox this morning......... Data sharks around the world need not fear any longer! The Microsoft Dynamics CRM 3.0 Data Migration Pack has SHIPPED!! Today we released our Data Migration Pack for v3.0, comprising of: Data Migration Framework
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